Great discussion on this month’s COtM, and with that comes our first winner of the academic year. Dr. Kopping, in all his chiefdom, gets the spoils. Great job! See original case here: CotM 1 Quick recap: 26 y/o M identifies as…
26 y/o M no PMH presents to the ED with c/o 1 month rectal pain and bleeding. Has been having sharp rectal pain worsened with moving bowels for about 4 weeks. Occasionally passes streaks of bright red blood or a…
Congrats to Sasi for winning this month’s CotM! Mona had the correct diagnosis in her differential but Sasi’s thorough explanation highlighted a lot of the important considerations we have to have when dealing with pediatric torticollis. In summary: 7 y/o…
Ok ladies and gents, here is the final CotM for this academic year, why not marinate on a peds case. You are working in the peds emergency department when an ortho resident brings in a patient from his clinic for you to…
This month’s winner is ablumbenberg with a very thorough answer. This case was a doozy and involved an extremely rare Emergency Department diagnosis. To Recap: We have a 64 lady with a history of problems with her blood’s “globes”…
The Case A 64 year old female is brought in by her sister with a variety of chief complaints. 1. Blurry vision – acutely worse this morning. 2. Worsening shortness of breath, especially on exertion and on lying flat for…
Kudos to dzeccola for an accurate, succinct, and incredibly prompt answer to this clinical conundrum. To review: We have a 49 year old man with pain on/inability to flex the right hip with concomitant fever and weight loss. …
The Case: A 49 year old man without any past medical history presents with R hip pain for 2 months. The pain is nonradiating, worse with flexion of the R hip, walking, or bending forward. Over the past month,…